365 day challenge: Day 74

Day 74: How would you describe your style of clothing

I have no idea. "Mostly black"? "Try not to look like a homeless nerd"? I don't think it's any specific style, it's... more a whimsical mixture of geekery, elves, doms, queerness and elderly men. With the occasional gothic glam and long coats.

365 day challenge: Day 73

Day 73: What are your favourite pair of shoes

Hmm. Probably the black winter boots - leather, laced, a couple buckles - they're good for walking in. Only criticism is that they're too warm to wear indoors through the day.

365 day challenge: Day 72

Day 72: List of everything you ate today

Now? It's only two in the afternoon. Oh well.

- lettuce
- tomato
- pickled pumpkin
- potato
- chilli garlic beef sauce?

365 day challenge: Day 71

Day 71: Differences between you and your best friend

I don't have a "best friend". I don't want to pick one for this, I really don't.

365 day challenge: Day 70

Day 70: A celebrity you don’t necessarily enjoy, and why

"Don't necessarily enjoy" - hell, there are dozens I outright hate. Being famous doesn't mean you can't be a bigoted fuckwit or a dumb shit with too much of an ego. Is Mitt Romney not a celebrity? Yeah. There we go.

365 day challenge: Day 69

Day 69: Powerful song lyrics you love

(I couldn't blog for some days because of the shitty connection - I posted several of these today.)

Hm. There are many. Taisetsu na kimi e is one, Say You'll Haunt Me another - Youth of the Nation, Trust Me, Who Knew, Farewell... Toki wo kizamu uta. I could go on.

365 day challenge: Day 68

Day 68: The best concert you have been to

I've only been to one, Provinssirock not included - Adam Lambert in Helsinki.

365 day challenge: Day 67

Day 67: How you found out about tumblr, and why you made one

I can't remember finding it, to be honest. I made one to... effectively collect pretty things, thoughts, memories - to follow people, to get a daily dose of something good, fun or meaningful. 

365 day challenge: Day 66

Day 66: If you could switch lives with someone for a day, who would it be

... I'm not sure at all. There are people I'd like to show my life to, to have them understand better when I tell them about things, but I don't think this would really put them in my head like that.

Maybe Izzy..? Just to see what it would be like. Though recent events aren't as magical as what's been going on before.

Or maybe just some dog somewhere. They're so carefree.

Unless we're going the "amazing bigoted world leader" route - but a day of irregular activity won't change anything. Everyone is surrounded by a party, supporters and hopefuls - there will always be someone to thwart a sudden plan for the better of humanity if it doesn't match their old agenda, or take their place should a mysterious suicide happen.

365 day challenge: Day 65

Day 65: One random fact about yourself

Um... I have a pale birthmark I didn't know about until I was 19?

365 day challenge: Day 64

Day 64: Favourite thing about last month

Last month..? Birthday gifts? I'm not sure when things happened so I can't tell if it was last month or not. Hm. Finding out I wasn't going to be ignored? Hearing how I did on an exam according to a teacher?

365 day challenge: Day 63

Day 63: The song with the most number of plays on your itunes

I don't have itunes and I don't think any player I use keeps count. Sorry.

365 day challenge: Day 62

Day 62: How many keys are on your keyring

Five; bike, home, parents', room, diary I never use.

365 day challenge: Day 61

Day 61: One of your most prised possessions

My laptop? Or at least the data on it. It tells me more about myself and my past than I could ever have remembered; conversations and plans in detail, images I saved when I first got on google... it'll be there.

365 day challenge: Day 60

Day 60: A YouTube video you absolutely love and describe why

... I don't spend time on Youtube. It's more of a tool for me, and nearly all I happen to watch on it comes to my dash on tumblr or is something I sought out for research. I won't pretend to be above cute animal videos though:

365 day challenge: Day 59

Day 59: What color are your favourite pair of flip flops

I don't have any.

365 day challenge: Day 58

Day 58: Places you want to visit, and why

Hmm. London and Brighton, because I'm going anyway, there are sights (and theatres) to see and friends to meet. Oxford for the reputation and curiosity. Japan, at least Okinawa, Shibuya, (Harajuku) and Kyoto - I want to use the language and see famous sights while experiencing the general atmosphere of the country and its nature.

New York, because it's a thing; similarly, Kansas because of my family there. Maybe Louisville after I learn to pronounce the name. Stockholm and Saint Petersburg independently, one day, to see more of what I missed the last times I was there.

365 day challenge: Day 57

Day 57: What is your definition of happiness

I'm... not sure it can be defined in any way that would be true for every individual? It's not just the absence of sadness, it's a feeling, an experience - it encompasses safety, acceptance, basic needs taken care of and good things in your life, no matter what and how many. The main problem here is that it varies so much from person to person; what one might call happiness might just mean being mildly satisfied for another. Psychological research on the momentary feeling of happiness indicates it's not actually possible to be "happy" for very long, but prolonged satisfaction with life is what allows for frequent moments and experiences of happiness.

All in all, happiness is a state of mind.

365 day challenge: Day 56

Day 56: Something you did as a child that other people remember you for

... Ahahaha...

Apparently I caught the attention of many preschool (and school) teachers by... being so nice. Specifically, I was impeccably well-behaved, silent, "talented" and kind - and no one would believe it when my parents told them I was rather explosive at home.

And then there was the time I flat-out swore at my grandmother at age 4 or so because I couldn't go to the bathroom in time.

365 day challenge: Day 55

Day 55: A passage from a book that has touched you

... There are many. I can't imagine picking only one, or really, even remembering one off the top of my head when asked. I could give you hundreds from Anne of Green Gables or the Tiina series or The Lord of the Rings alone. Just as many more from classics I've read over the years. Dozens from S. E. Hinton, CLAMP and assorted manga like Watashitachi no shiawase na jikan...

But for now, just because I saw it earlier today, I'll go with a quote from Clover:

"To not die is the greatest gift you can give someone you love."